CLEVELAND, Ohio -- SportsTime Ohio posted its highest viewership ever for an Indians game on Thursday night when manager Terry Francona's team won its 22nd straight game with a 3-2 win over the Royals.

According to Nielsen, STO had a 20.44 HH rating for Thursday's victory, which gave the Indians the second longest winning streak in baseball's modern era (1900). A 20.44 HH rating represents over 306,000 homes in Northeast Ohio.

The previous high was this year's 19.58 HH rating for opening day.

The Indians beat the Royals, 3-2, in the 10th inning on a walk-off double by Jay Bruce. STO said its viewership peaked at 27.96 over the final 15 minutes of the game.

Five of the team's top 10 rated game this season have come over the last seven games. Average viewership for September is 11.45 HH, an increase of 55 percent to the same number of games last September. It helps, of course, when the Indians start September with a 15-0 record.

The average viewership over the course of the season is 8.16 HH, an increase over 28 percent over the same number of games last year.